Check-hook



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,W. MALONEY.

CHECK HOOK.

No. 533,907. Patented Feb. 12, 1895.

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$PEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 533,907, dated February12, 1895.

Application filed March 9, 1894:.

To whom it may concern.-

Beit known that 1, WILLIAM MALONEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Grand Forks, in the county of Grand Forks and State of NorthDakota, have invented a new and useful Check-Hook, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in check hooks.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofcheck hooks, and to provide one in which the reins cannot become tangledto enable it to be used without employing terret rings.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and pointed In the drawings-Figure 1' is aperspective view of a check hook constructed in accordance with thisinvention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view. I.

Like numerals of reference indicate corre-' sponding parts inbothfigures of the drawlngs.

1 designates a hook, having a fiat horizontal shank 2, and provided atthe rear end thereof with aloop 8, and curved upward at its front endand having its point 4, curved downward and terminating directly above acentrally disposed stud 5 that is mounted on the shank 2. The shank isprovided at its rear end in advance of the loop 3 with perforated cars45'', between which is pivoted the rear lower end of a curved springactuated tongue 6, disposed at an inclination. The rear outer edges ofthe perforated ears 4? are smooth and vertical, and the inclinedtongue,which extends upward from the ears co-operates with the latliablein any way to catch the reins.

The stationary hook 1 curves upward and rearward from the front end ofthe shank 2, and terminates above and contacts with the spring actuatedtongue at a point intermediate of the ends of the same and limits theoutward movement thereof; and the spring actuated tongue has its inwardmovement limited by the vertically extendedstud 5,

which is arranged directly below it, and the Serial No. 503,053. (Nomodeli) point at of the hook, which is arranged directly above it in aline with the stud.

The upper terminal of the stationary hook 55 1 has the spring-actuatedtongue abutting against it; and the hook and tongue form an exteriordepression to facilitate the insertion of a check-rein. The tongue isforced upward against the point of the hook by a'flat spring 7 and byextending inward beyond the point 4. of the hook it enables a check reinto be readily disengaged from the check hook. The spring 7 hugs, as willbe seen, the inner face of the tongue, and the stud 5, which serves forfastening the check hook to the back of a harness pad, also prevents acheck rein from comingin contact with the spring and retains the checkrein in the front portion of the hook for convenient disengagement whendesired.

It will be seen that the check hook presents no projecting point-s onwhich reins can catch and become entangled. The front of the check hookis closed; and the pointet curves inward, and has the spring actuatedtongue bearing against it and extended beyond it. The rear 7 portion ofthe check hook tapers toward the loop, and presents a smooth exteriorsurface, and the perforated ears have their upper edges curved toconform to the contour of the spring actuated tongue. This constructionenables the check hook to be readily employed on harness where terretrings are undesirable, as the reins cannot become entangled with it.Changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificingany of the advantages of this invention.

What I claim is In a check hook, the combination of a shank terminatingat its rear end in a loop and pro-' vided in advance of the loop withperforated ears, the curved inclined spring actuated tongue extendingupward from the ears and curving downward toward the front of the thefront portion of the check hook, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM MALONEY.

Witnesses:

J. 0. BLICHFELDT, M. N. SHA

